Join an active community of veteran and novice beekeepers and listen to talks from a variety of experts.
Meetings are held at 7PM on the second Wednesday of every month and are open to the public.
Spring/Summer Location:
Steppingstone Farm Museum in Havre de Grace
461 Quaker Bottom Rd. Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Link to Farm Museum directions
Fall/Winter Location:
Harford Community College, Edgewood Hall, Room 132. Take entrance 3 on Thomas Run Road, and the building is the first on the right. Park across the lane.
Upcoming meetings | Past meetings
October 10, 2018 7:00PM
Kelly Kulhanek will discuss The Sentinel Apiary Program: Collaborating with Beekeepers to Improve Colony Health and Management.
Kelly is a Ph.D. student in the vanEngelsdorp Lab at the University of Maryland.
The Sentinel Apiary Program, piloted in 2015, is a Bee Informed Partnership endeavor to engage beekeepers in citizen science while empowering them to make informed management decisions and communicate science to their beekeeping communities. It has also been an invaluable source of longitudinal colony health data. Learn about the logistics and results of this program!
Also planned: Young Beekeepers presentations
Last chance to order fondant
Nominations taken for Board of Directors
Enter to win the raffle!
Members are eligible for a door prize!
Location: Harford Community College, Edgewood Hall, Room 132.
Upcoming Meetings
| November 7, 2018 | Nathalie Steinhauer will discuss Pests, Diseases, and Pesticides Update. Nathalie works in the vanEngelsdorp Lab at the University of Maryland. |
Past Meetings (with links to notes, when available)
| January 11, 2017 | Susan Myers | Landscaping for a New Wild |
| February 8, 2017 | Luke Goembel | Ingenious Beekeeping |
| March 9, 2017 | Dr. Dewey Caron | "Good News" (for beekeepers) |
| April 12, 2017 | Larry Truchon | Raising local queens, overwintering nucs, keeping his apiary self-sustainable, and the Honey Bee Health Coalition. |
| May 10, 2017 | Cybil Preston | State of Affairs and Inspection Program |
| June 14, 2017 | Stefano Briguglio | Small cell beekeeping |
| July 12, 2017 | Panel Discussion with SBA beekeepers Mandee, Brad and Jeff | |
| September 13, 2017 | Lloyd Snyder | Preparing hives for winter |
| October 11, 2017 | Larry Truchon | Something new, something blue, something to look forward to. |
| November 8, 2017 | Panel discussion with Todd Cichonowicz, Harry Dutcher, and Pat Endres | Getting your hives ready for winter |
| January 10, 2018 | Ray Walker | Broodminder hive monitoring system |
| February 14, 2018 | Jeff Maenner and Charlie Thomas | Getting hives ready for spring |
| March 14, 2018 | Samuel Ramsey | Unlocking the mysteries of the Varroa mite |
| April 11, 2018 | Beginner and advanced beekeeping discussion groups | |
| May 8, 2018 | Harry Dutcher | Varroa Management |
| June 14, 2018 | David Papke | Maintaining Healthy Bees |
| July 11, 2018 | Zac Lamas | Fall Hive Management |
| September 12, 2018 | Andrew Kness | Pesticide residue in bee hives in agricultural areas |